Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) walking portrait, Ranthambhore National Park, India. Crop of image 01500288 Endangered species.

Brandon Cole / Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) swimming near the surface. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean. Cropped to vertical from native horizontal format.

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and cub (18 months) walking away after swimming, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) September 2009. Images 01262527 and 01262528 are cropped from this frame

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming, Svalbard, Norway (non-ex) September 2009. Image 01262526 is cropped from this frame

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) about to enter water, Svalbard, Norway, September 2009. Cropped from image 01262546

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) about to enter water, Svalbard, Norway, September 2009. Image 01262546 is cropped from this frame

Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming Svalbard, Norway (non-ex). Cropped from image 01262709

Etienne Littlefair / Rear view of a Northern long-neck turtle (Chelodina rugosa) swimming away in a small Adelaide River tributary at night, Northern Territory, Australia. May. Cropped image.

Etienne Littlefair / Northern snapping turtles (Elseya dentata), small adult at rest amongst woody debris at the bottom of a deep creek bed in the Daly region, Northern Territory, Australia. June. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa), adult actively moving along deep river bed, possibly foraging, Mary River, Queensland, Australia. July. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Fitzroy river turtle (Rheodytes leukops), adult resting under woody debris, Connors River, Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Fitzroy river turtle (Rheodytes leukops), adult actively moving along the riverbed, Connors River, Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Northern red-faced turtle (Emydura victoriae) young juvenile swimming amongst submerged pandanus, Manning River, Western Australia, June. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Northern yellow-faced turtle (Emydura tanybaraga), young juvenile resting in a sheltered spot in a shallow stretch of Berry Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Mary river turtle (Elusor macrurus), full-sized adult male walking along deep riverbed, Mary River, Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Mary river turtle (Elusor macrurus), adult male walking along riverbed, with algae attached to his head, Mary River, Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Krefft's river turtle (Emydura macquarii krefftii), adult actively moving along riverbed of the Mary River, Queensland, Australia. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Gulf snapping turtle (Elseya lavarackorum), small juvenile resting near the surface, Lawn Hill Creek (Adel's Grove), Queensland, Australia. January. NOTE: small, out of focus water extraction pump...

Etienne Littlefair / Gulf snapping turtle (Elseya lavarackorum), large adult female found active in deep water on a very hot summer night, Lawn Hill Creek, Queensland, Australia. January. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), juvenile resting downstream of a riffle zone, North Johnstone River, downstream of Malanda, Far North Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped.

Etienne Littlefair / Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), juvenile swimming through submerged vegetation downstream of a riffle zone, North Johnstone River, downstream of Malanda, Far North Queensland, Australia. August. C...

Etienne Littlefair / Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), large adult female found actively moving around in a deep pool of the North Johnstone River, downstream of Malanda, Far North Queensland, Australia. August. Cropped...

Etienne Littlefair / Saw-shelled turtle (Myuchelys latisternum), adult female resting, Townsville region, Queensland, Australia. September. Cropped. NOTE: some backscatter caused by photographer has been cloned out.

Etienne Littlefair / Gulf snapping turtle (Elseya lavarackorum), large adult female found active in deep water on a very hot summer night, Lawn Hill Creek, Queensland, Australia. January. Cropped.

David Perpinan / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) one flying close to biologists ringing its chicks, Barcelona, Spain, May, Cropped,

David Perpinan / Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) on fence, Pantanal Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Cropped

David Perpinan / Red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) Bahia, Brazil, Cropped,

Rod Williams / Giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) on blade of grass. Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July. Cropped image.

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, in her apartment, holding ‘Landon' a bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) male, age 6 months. Due to Covid-19 lockdown she is caring for 3 orphan ba...

Doug Gimesy / Two male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus) named 'Bronson' and 'Landon', asleep in a home-made pouch, (aged 6 and 7 months). Cared for by Emily Small, fou...

Doug Gimesy / A 6-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) named 'Landon', held by Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. Due to Covid-19 lockdown she is ca...

Doug Gimesy / A 6-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) named 'Landon', held by Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. Due to Covid-19 lockdown she is caring for...

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, holding a 6-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) named 'Landon'. Due to Covid-19 lockdown she is ca...

Doug Gimesy / An 8-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) 'Landon', bottle fed a food supplement by Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. Due to Covid-19...

Doug Gimesy / An 8-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) 'Landon', bottle fed a food supplement by Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. Due to Covid-19...

Doug Gimesy / An 8-month-old male orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus) 'Landon', bottle fed a food supplement by Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage. Due to Covid-19...

Doug Gimesy / ‘Editorial use only' Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, wildlife rescuer and carer, makes up a wombat feed supplement in the kitchen of her Melbourne inner-city apartment, whilst hol...

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, wildlife rescuer and carer, applies PawPaw ointment (a product made for skin from fermented papaw fruit), to the feet of Bronson, an 8-month-old orp...

Doug Gimesy / Emily Small, founder of Goongerah Wombat Orphanage, wildlife rescuer and carer, bottle feeds two of her orphaned and rescued baby bare-nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus), 'Landon' left 7 months...

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), in flight over marshland. London, England, UK, December. Cropped

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), hunting snipe over marshland. London, England, UK. December. Cropped

Oscar Dewhurst / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) chasing Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). London, England, UK, November. Cropped

Oscar Dewhurst / Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) portrait of bird feeding on bird feeder. London, England,UK. April. Cropped

Lynn M. Stone / Doberman pinscher with cropped ears sitting in Rhododendron flowers, Connecticut, USA. May.

Rod Williams / Common sycamore aphid. (Drepanosiphum platanoidis). Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham. London, England, May. Cropped

Doug Gimesy / Baby Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of six evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to Melbourne for further treatment to burns resulting from the Mallacoota bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is held and checked by Forest and Wildlife officer Lachlan Clarke. After an initial assessmen...